Head-To-Head Comparison: Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR) vs. BXP (NYSE:BXP)

Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR) and BXP (NYSE:BXP) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mackenzie Realty Capital and BXP, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mackenzie Realty Capital	1	0	0	0	1.00
BXP	0	9	11	0	2.55

BXP has a consensus price target of $75.05, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Given BXP’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BXP is more favorable than Mackenzie Realty Capital.

Risk and Volatility

Mackenzie Realty Capital has a beta of -0.48, meaning that its stock price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BXP has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.7% of BXP shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Mackenzie Realty Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of BXP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Mackenzie Realty Capital and BXP’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mackenzie Realty Capital	-90.30%	-18.99%	-7.07%
BXP	8.44%	3.88%	1.16%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mackenzie Realty Capital and BXP”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mackenzie Realty Capital	$22.06 million	0.15	-$25.92 million	($6.15)	-0.24
BXP	$3.48 billion	3.08	$276.80 million	$1.86	36.07

BXP has higher revenue and earnings than Mackenzie Realty Capital. Mackenzie Realty Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BXP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

BXP beats Mackenzie Realty Capital on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mackenzie Realty Capital

MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc. is a REIT which focused on investing in multifamily housing and office real estate properties located principally in the United States. MacKenzie Realty Capital Inc. is based in ORINDA, Calif.

About BXP

Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) (BXP or the Company) is the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, concentrated in six dynamic gateway markets – Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. BXP has delivered places that power progress for our clients and communities for more than 50 years. BXP is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Including properties owned by joint ventures, BXP's portfolio totals 53.3 million square feet and 188 properties, including 10 properties under construction/redevelopment. BXP's properties include 167 office properties, 14 retail properties (including two retail properties under construction/redevelopment), six residential properties (including one residential property under construction) and one hotel. BXP is well-known for its inhouse building management expertise and responsiveness to clients' needs. BXP holds a superior track record of developing premium Central Business District (CBD) office buildings, successful mixed-use complexes, suburban office centers and build-to-suit projects for a diverse array of creditworthy clients. BXP actively works to promote its growth and operations in a sustainable and responsible manner. BXP has earned a twelfth consecutive GRESB Green Star recognition and the highest GRESB 5-star Rating. BXP, an S&P 500 company, was founded in 1970 by Mortimer B. Zuckerman and Edward H. Linde and became a public company in 1997.